Structuring a home or classroom situation to temporarily remove positive reinforcement to reduce undesirable behavior is referred to as “time-out" in behavior management. This book includes research to support important features about time-out regarding both positive and negative implications of its use. This text defines and clarifies the concept of time-out and describes in detail the 13 basic steps in using time-out. Exercises, examples, and tasks with a useful appendix for behavior recording assist the reader. Though the technique is most appropriate for children, this book includes some examples for use with teenagers and with business applications to demonstrate how the principles generalize to other settings and behaviors. The material in this resource provides readers with a solid foundation in the use of time-out.
The revision of this series is highly timely and contemporary. The need for effective behavior management in children, youth, and adults is as important as ever given various events in todays society such as the increases in the numbers of children identified with autism, of bullying incidences both cyber and physical, and of school and workplace violence.
The How To Manage Behavior Series (Third Edition) contains 16 newly revised titles for practitioners and parents. These texts include effective, research-based strategies for use in increasing appropriate behaviors of children, students, and other persons whose behavior may be lacking or be creating problems at home, at school, or on the job. The books are nontechnical, step-by-step instructional manuals that define the procedures, provide numerous examples, and allow the reader to make oral or written responses. The books may be purchased individually or in the set of 16 titles.